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🇻🇳 A TASTE OF VIETNAM

Chè Ba Màu (Three Color Dessert).

A colorful, refreshing Vietnamese dessert with three layers: sweet mung bean, red bean, and green pandan jelly or grass jelly, served over shaved ice with coconut milk and syrup.

Total time
30 min
Servings
6 people
Difficulty
Easy
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Ingredients

For 6 servings · Check off as you go

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4 steps
  1. Cook the beans

    Separately simmer mung beans and red beans with sugar until soft but not mushy. Drain excess liquid.

    20 min

  2. Make pandan layer

    Blend pandan with water, strain, and make a light jelly with agar or just use store-bought grass jelly cut into cubes.

    10 min

  3. Prepare coconut & syrup

    Heat coconut milk with sugar and salt. Make a simple sugar syrup with pandan if available.

    5 min

  4. Assemble

    In a glass layer: mung bean, red bean, pandan/jelly, shaved ice. Pour coconut milk and syrup over the top. Serve with a long spoon.

    5 min

ONE GOOD STEP AT A TIME

Chè Ba Màu (Three Color Dessert) · Step 1 of 4

Cook the beans

Separately simmer mung beans and red beans with sugar until soft but not mushy. Drain excess liquid.

20 min

Cooking Tips

Make the components ahead. The dessert is all about the contrast of textures and temperatures — cold ice, creamy coconut, and chewy beans. Adjust sweetness to taste.

Nutrition per Serving

Recipe-provided estimates; values vary with ingredients and serving size.

calories
260 kcal
protein
6 g
carbs
48 g
fat
5 g
fiber
4 g

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